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After several suggestions, I’ve decided to scrap the play-by-play aspect of the UFR feature, and just include the final stats from the game. The raw data is available in .xls format here.

Half 1

1st half differential

Lineup

Time on Floor

Score

Differential

Merritt, Lucas-Perry, Harris, Novak, Sims

8:09(!)

16-17

-1

Grady, Douglass, Harris, Gibson, Sims

:58

0-3

-3

Grady, Douglass, Harris, Novak, Gibson

3:17

7-7

0

Grady, Lucas-Perry, Lee, Novak, Sims

2:18

6-4

+2

Merritt, Lucas-Perry, Harris, Novak, Sims

3:23

4-4

0

Grady, Lucas-Perry, Harris, Novak, Sims

1:55

5-4

+1

Total

20:00

38-39

-1

Half 2

2nd half differential

Lineup

Time on Floor

Score

Differential

Merritt, Lucas-Perry, Harris, Novak, Sims

3:16

5-7

-2

Grady, Lucas-Perry, Harris, Novak, Sims

3:10

7-2

+5

Grady, Lucas-Perry, Harris, Gibson, Sims

1:47

4-5

-1

Grady, Douglass, Harris, Novak, Gibson

:27

2-0

+2

Grady, Douglass, Harris, Gibson, Sims

2:56

1-4

-3

Grady, Lucas-Perry, Lee, Gibson, Sims

:35

2-1

+1

Douglass, Lucas-Perry, Lee, Gibson, Sims

1:09

3-2

+1

Douglass, Lucas-Perry, Harris, Gibson, Sims

1:12

0-2

-2

Grady, Lucas-Perry, Harris, Gibson, Sims

4:22

8-2

+6

Grady, Lucas-Perry, Harris, Novak, Sims

:11

2-0

+2

Grady, Lucas-Perry, Harris, Gibson, Sims

:10

2-0

+2

Grady, Lucas-Perry, Harris, Novak, Sims

:45

0-0

0

Total

20:00

36-25

+11

Game totals

Lineup Totals

Lineup

Time on Floor

Score

Differential

Grady, Lucas-Perry, Harris, Novak, Sims

6:01

14-6

+8

Merritt, Lucas-Perry, Harris, Novak, Sims

14:48

25-28

-3

Grady, Douglass, Harris, Gibson, Sims

3:54

1-7

-6

Grady, Douglass, Harris, Novak, Gibson

3:44

9-7

+2

Grady, Lucas-Perry, Lee, Novak, Sims

2:18

6-4

+2

Grady, Lucas-Perry, Lee, Gibson, Sims

:35

2-1

+1

Grady, Lucas-Perry, Harris, Gibson, Sims

6:19

14-7

+7

Douglass, Lucas-Perry, Lee, Gibson, Sims

1:09

3-2

-5

Douglass, Lucas-Perry, Harris, Gibson, Sims

1:12

0-2

-2

Total

40:00

74-64

+10

Individual players:

Manny Harris 15:58 (+12)

Location

0

1

2

3

F

Lane

1/4

2/2

2/2

2

Midrange

1/1

3-point

0/3

0/1

Much better than last game. He was looking to pass when he got into trouble. A couple of the misses in the lane (noted as a difficulty of 1) probably could have been called fouls.

Laval Lucas-Perry 7:38 (+14)

Location

0

1

2

3

F

Lane

2

1/1

1

Midrange

0/1

0/1

3-point

0/1

0/3

3/3

LLP was hitting the open 3s on this day, but none of the covered ones. Most of his shots came from outside (as per usual).

Zack Novak 26:47 (+9)

Location

0

1

2

3

F

Lane

Midrange

0/1

1

3-point

2/2

1/2

It seemed like Novak was doing a hell of a lot more than it looks like he did just by checking his shot chart. The importance of the baskets must have played a big role in that. He also made the midrange shot on which he was fouled.

DeShawn Sims 36:16 (+8)

Location

0

1

2

3

F

Lane

2

1/1

0/1

0/1

Midrange

0/1

3-point

2/5

1/1

Sims, like Novak, seemed to be a lot more active than his chart would indicate. Both of the times he was blocked could have conceivably be called fouls.

Kelvin Grady 22:51 (+14)

Location

0

1

2

3

F

Lane

1/1

1

Midrange

3-point

0/2

1/2

Grady got much more time than he did in the previous game, and though he took a couple ill-advised shots, he was a catalyst for the rest of the offense (4 assists, 2 more assist opportunities missed). He also made the lane shot on which he was fouled.

Zack Gibson 16:53 (+3)

Location

0

1

2

3

F

Lane

0/1

1/1

2/2

1

Midrange

3-point

1/1

He played a lot without much in the way of scoring, but a couple of the dunks he had were huge in terms of momentum. He also had an enormous block.

David Merritt 14:48 (-3)

Location

0

1

2

3

F

Lane

1/1

Midrange

3-point

Not much usage for Dave. Interestingly, he was ONLY on the court with the “A-Team” (Lucas-Perry, Harris, Novak, Sims).

Lee and Douglass also played extensive minutes without charting a shot attempt (Douglass 9:59, -11; Lee 4:02, -2). It’s become quite clear that the best lineup consists of Grady-Lucas-Perry-Harris-Novak-Sims. Gibson is hit-or-miss, but is probably overall the next best player to insert in the lineup (removing Novak). Without Grady at the point, the team was -10 (-3 with Merritt, and -7 with Douglass). Standard caveats about sample size, but that’s certainly notable.

1 Comment so far

Adam Gross says...

Thanks for the numbers and the analysis. One suggestion I would have would be to do more analysis to answer the question “Now that I went back over the game tape, what stood out differently?” That’s one thing that I always enjoy about reading Brian’s UFR’s; when I’m busy I’ll just skip the play-by-play and numbers and go right to the analysis section so it would be great if you had more analysis. But overall great job and thanks for doing this.